Indian Neck Hall was built for “Commodore” Frederick Gilbert Bourne. Commodore Bourne hired architect Ernest Flagg to create this country estate and the Olmstead Brothers to design the landscape of more than 1000 acres. Built between 1897–1900 and then again between 1907–1908, the Federal Revival style mansion had 110 rooms when it was completed. In the past, it was also known as the La Salle Military Academy, today it is the Oakdale Campus of Saint John’s University.

This beautiful mansion is now the home of Dowling College. It was built for William K Vanderbilt I and designed by Richard Howland Hunt between 1900-1904. This is the second mansion on this site. The first Mansion burnt down in 1899.

I visited this beautiful Great River, NY estate on May 21, 2009. The house and grounds are now known as the Bayard Cutting Arboretum. The house was designed by the architect Charles C. Haight in 1887. It is Tudor in style. I have written and posted pictures about this estate extensively on my Long Island South Shore History Wiki Westbrook Page. I hope you will visit that page, in the mean time, perhaps I can tempt you with just a few pictures here.